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1) Name: Something with a Q? V? M? She looks like a Melissa.

Amy. She doesn’t know her last name.

2) Age: 14 to 19

13, she just slipped under

3) Career/Role in Story: Mc

Correct! One of my six main protagonists.

4) Personality: loves books. Braver than anyone would have guessed.

Reading has always been a source of escape for her, and she’s always loved fantasy and fairytales, particularly those with happy endings. But she’s a cynic as well, and believes that the things she reads about will only remain fiction, including happy endings.

She’s great at hiding her emotions, and often presents herself as a sweet and naive girl, sometimes even as a bit of an airhead. She’s actually very smart and knows how to deal with people, and I really like the second part of your answer, because she is far braver than anyone ever guesses, including herself.

5) Would you be friends with that character?: Yup. Like I said earlier, I’d be friends with anyone. Even if it was a one-eyed monster. Maybe especially then.

I would. Also, I too would befriend the one-eyed monster. As long as it was nice.

6) Any other details you may have gotten from the picture: She’s a book nerd. It’s probably winter judging by her sweater and the color of it. Her ears are a tad pointed. Is she an elf or part elf or am I reading too far into it?

I didn’t really have a time in mind. Thats the color scheme I normally use for her, and the sweater is because I like putting her in flowy or fluffy clothes, 1. because she looks adorable in them, 2. because its symbolic of her wanting to protect herself from the cold natures of others.

Now for the pointy ears… in my fictional universe, fantastical creatures even in their human forms have hints toward their fantastical nature. Fangs, weird eye and hair colors, and the pointy ears especially. She’s technically not an elf, but she’s not human either.

7) What would this character’s nickname be?: Mal, Molly, Oh, she really looks like a Molly!

Other than ‘Glitter’, no one’s nicknamed her yet. Of course, I’ve yet to write her POV yet, so that will probably change.

8) Character’s greatest strength: Can speak many languages.

I wouldn’t say that would be her greatest strength, but she is smart and studious enough to learn them.
I’d say it’d be a tie between her bravery and her social skills. She’ll stand up for others even when she’s terrified, and she knows how read people and can easily make them like her, or intimidate them. I do have a scene that I’ve already written where this is actually demonstrated.

9) Character’s fatal flaw: Lives in books and has a hard time determining reality and a book. (Though is that really a flaw?)

It’s the exact opposite. She’s very cynical and skeptical, and has trust issues. She’s often waiting for a catch to follow, or the other shoe to drop. If something good is happening to her, she sees it as a temporary thing she can’t get attached to.

10) Phrase that this character is likely to say: “Oh! Be careful with my book!”

She has a softer voice, and tries to be very polite. She has a large vocabulary from all her reading, and puts it to use when she drops the airhead facade.

11) Character’s favorite color(s): Teal.

Teals, cyans, and silvers are the colors I associate with her. I imagine she can’t pick a favorite herself.

12) Character’s family status (parents alive? any siblings or other close family members?): Has both parents and a little brother?

Orphan/foster kid. Doesn’t remember her parents or siblings, or at least doesn’t trust the memories she has.

13) Single or taken?: Single.

Yep.

14) Characters children (if any?): None.

YEP.

15) Characters hobbies: Reading, reading, and um…reading.

Reading, and art. She loves to sketch and paint, to add some beauty to a world she’s had a hard time finding beauty in. Also, once she’s learned that the more fantastical side of fiction is closer to reality, she loves learning more about it.

16) Greatest fear: Being noticed.

Trusting and getting attached to someone and then being betrayed or abandoned by them.

17) Dreams and Aspirations: Wants to read all the books in the biggest library ever.

She allows herself to dream, only with the understanding that they won’t be real. The chance of her finding a loving foster family that will keep her, or friends that will stay true are unrealistic in her mind, nevermind happy endings.

18) Darkest Secret: Doesn’t really need glasses and is actually a superhero!!! (Wow, that is so wrong.)

She’s great at hiding her emotions, usually pretending to be happy when she in fact isn’t, but her biggest is something she doesn’t even know about herself.

19) Peculiarities: Eats pickles straight out of the jar, then drinks the juice afterward.

I don’t see her doing that… someone else in her story definitely… But she does have some strange talents. She can always tell the direction (north, south etc.) she’s going without a compass, and is surprisingly good at defending herself despite not being very scrappy or having any training. She’s also incredibly good at finding weaknesses.

20) The meaning of their name, (Either real meaning or your own story meaning): Bee. Beloved.

Funnily enough, Amy actually means beloved.
I’ve always been fond of the name Amy, and I first creating this character when I was about 13, and she actually started out as a bit of a self insert. But over the years she evolved into her own character, with a personality and an appearance far different from mine.

Thank you for guessing!